[UntoHim]

Actually, looking back now over 30 years, it is clear to me that most of the "oneness" in the Local Church was based upon the person and work of Witness Lee. As Christians our oneness is actually based in and upon the Person and work of Jesus Christ. When the oneness of any Christian group is based upon the person and work of a mere human being (the "person" representing the believers affection, respect and fear - the "work" representing the believers trust in said person's words, teachings and deeds) then it is bound to develop into something very unhealthy.

Not long ago Ron Kangas publicly declared that one could "be in the church but not in the body". What did Kangas mean by this and what does this look like in practice? To us longtime LCers the meaning was clear: "Stick with the program...get in line...know your place...etc". Kangas was careful with his words. He knows that to say that one could "be in the body but not the Local Church" would be viewed as rather strange and unbiblical, but the simple fact is this is exactly want Kangas meant.